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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.9 _% w( l/ R0 h! o" l
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。8 u# u2 Z$ g# r. _) ^4 a- }
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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.; k: S: N+ n$ ?* [" |
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這男孩不過5、6歲。
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. ~8 P& E& b% g$ y* AThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '9 m- B. C: i1 G9 `8 F! S
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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& }% J6 [7 q2 B. x; x% T" sThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
2 c- v% q; k$ G% @) y/ m0 vare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '4 w. {( ^8 X* S# i
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：! ^) t- Q* j' A* j" A9 k( r
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「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」0 Z- @) V: C8 i7 Q
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '9 B) G% O0 U- t/ ~
老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」& i0 n( `; T+ K5 n) a, R
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' l) q. b0 h! Z' d5 RThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
7 l% U4 Y9 i4 r0 h: U她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。7 f5 r4 A% o6 p9 |5 h
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.7 ?5 `/ d5 f9 ?2 R2 S/ C
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。3 Y. }2 c$ Q2 M0 M& e6 }
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) d* w+ j$ R) V# r" }: m( XFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
+ s; V: F' G8 x6 L$ C; ?9 S7 u8 J" H最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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* p0 F! l4 d' H/ X'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.& }) l% O8 |. q2 Q2 T
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '/ ^- b' o: C! M) Q7 v0 v% c
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
) c1 {$ I6 j" v) _I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
/ V* q5 {. ?9 G我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。# V% L, X$ Q0 O6 o9 @2 c7 H9 l* j/ P
: u" e$ {2 x% J: T7 gBut he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '' v8 o& F: f3 z t/ B
但他哀傷地回答我『不！聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽，當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』
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9 y& ^1 c( O' B; DHis eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '
7 u( {2 ^6 A" x" q他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝，因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』
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My heart nearly stopped.
! ?7 D3 |7 j9 s3 A' r6 N3 W, o我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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The little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '& F) g& ?( _( ` C' P) F
小男孩看我說：『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走，讓她等我從購物中心回來。』9 C5 n$ B, O( T6 }
7 {4 ^1 r6 J# _. GThen he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '4 X2 ]5 b O) T: z8 `1 `+ j" s& N
然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片，這樣她就不會忘記我了。』
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. \8 X* v7 I/ o% y& ` I'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '& O, R8 K. t: Y3 {( A
『我愛我的媽媽，我希望她不要離開我，但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
0 ?- O8 f8 L- C; P$ @然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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% I% d0 C" t- s- hI quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '( D& Q6 x3 W/ i- ?' i( Z4 {, C
我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下，說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』/ u3 X1 [5 G" V/ P C! Q
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'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.8 `+ t' ~) H9 }% d
『好呀！』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見，我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中，我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了，甚之還有剩餘呢。# g; g) ~) S* ^6 f7 ?
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! ', n2 B, N9 ~, U+ M: ?0 a" Z3 B
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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Then he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '0 s6 R$ y4 y" a" l# K1 k; J/ R' r
然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前，我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃，因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』+ h9 U/ v4 W2 Y4 ]& P ?' {+ m
, C" ~( P/ l6 e, r' `" r'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '
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『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽，但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』+ N0 c5 N8 b. t3 J2 Y: ?+ M) z
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'My mommy loves white roses. '2 D6 X5 x1 g$ y- M) P Z. ]
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。& M) t- y4 J' |7 k
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.* V) F& |) h4 n7 W' ^0 g2 E
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。! p9 E& I6 D I6 d
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
. H! q' Q. m }) [% ]1 b4 z我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。9 v$ z0 @0 K3 S6 X- B# X
9 K: K4 Z: h& |$ a7 g/ tI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.. v. y" K; u( u, M! g6 m9 B8 b- U
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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3 J+ ]* V7 i" q6 k h: DThen I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young* _( d( ~/ g( [3 q q: p
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我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章，提及一位醉酒卡車司機，撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。$ u: F; R8 y( Z" a( ^& H6 X* T
$ F6 V( v8 l2 }" ~8 { ~The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical& f2 w4 ]8 q4 _
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the% K3 x2 x' `6 t/ o2 q, b
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.; h6 F6 C L* s0 |" R* s
小女孩當場死亡，母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管
& U/ R( L9 ~/ ~' {2 \，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。9 k' D, a7 E3 K7 N) @+ |
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Was this the family of the little boy?$ r+ m& a9 E. x: a2 t! k8 u
他就是這家庭的小男孩？5 z- `. T T1 t( \
' y2 m5 h, u' S3 j' oTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.) M% Q+ M7 T; Q5 n
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。
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8 h6 a& f% z3 X. y+ h" h! FI couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.
/ Y; z" @" `5 F2 a2 D3 h我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰，來到喪家，年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。
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She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
# ^2 j) X# L$ ]4 ]6 U! K% L她在那裡，裝在棺木中，在她的手中握著一朵白玫瑰和小男孩的相片，娃娃則放置在她的胸口。
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I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is
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; `& @$ Y0 \6 c/ i, b我離開了這裡，眼淚奪眶而出，覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今，小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛，仍然難以想像。- ], d3 \- k: ~9 `
3 D& l% [* O" ?& [6 ]' hAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.' k' ^, E+ \! r. t: |, q
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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